A variant spelling or dialectal form related to 'ghoul,' referring to a demon or grave-robbing monster in Islamic and Middle Eastern folklore.
A variant or archaic spelling of ghoul, from Arabic 'ghūl.' The different spellings reflect various attempts by European languages to transliterate the Arabic sound.
The spelling variations of 'ghoul' (ghole, ghul, ghul) are a great example of transliteration chaos—different European languages heard the Arabic guttural sound differently and wrote it down in incompatible ways.
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